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Ido Biger, Chief Information and Data Officer, Delek US

Ido Biger, Chief Information and Data Officer, Delek US

Describe your career to date

Ido Biger, the Chief Information & Data Officer (CIDO) of Delek US, has brought extensive professional experience to the table for his current position. His international experience and knowledge from diversified industries have enriched the out-of-the-box perspective and ground-breaking execution abilities into all solutions the team has had the opportunity to architect for Delek. The potent mixture of varied facets of corporate exposure is only amplified by the cultural and regional nuances that the team has gleaned from their years of work in the corporate world.

Ido strongly believes in continuous learning and knowledge sharing projects. He is an Adjunct Lecturer at Tel-Aviv University and the Technion for Big Data Technologies, Data Science, and Data Visualization. He also mentors young professionals raring to enter the Data & Analytics workforce by providing valuable real world global experience. Ido takes pride and is humbled by some of the opportunities he has had to contribute to the society at an international platform like representing the state of Israel at MIT’s CDOIQ forum and volunteering in international affairs committee – city of Kfar Saba and at the international week of the Economics Faculty – Switzerland + Netherlands.

How are you developing the data literacy of your organization, including the skills of your data teams and of your business stakeholders?

Under the strategic business acumen and visionary leadership of Ido Biger, the IT organization of Delek has undergone a transformation. The successful implementation of a technology enablement heatmap and benchmarking exercises has helped the team identify areas for improvement and address roadblocks in their path to success. The team has streamlined their organizational structure by reducing redundant layers, leading to increased efficiency and cost savings (Capex & Opex). Throughout these managerial challenges, the team has sustained a robust emphasis on project execution, ensuring noteworthy achievements throughout the entire business portfolio.

Ido has also spearheaded several initiatives that have demonstrably enhanced the company’s business value. The team played an important role in the launch of the Beyond Visual Line of Sight autonomous flight, revolutionizing how they inspect their infrastructure. Additionally, the 3D model mapping of refineries and the rollout of numerous technology-enabled data products have provided insights that have effectuated improved efficiency, safety, and reliability of refinery operations.

The team’s data literacy program currently has 65 Power BI trained users driving the use of over 2300 report views from 30 data sources in the Delek Data Hub that is built upon the 95% data standardization efforts thus leading to a continual effort of rolling out new data products for the users to consume for their data-enabled decisions.

How are you preparing your organization for AI adoption and change management?

Very early in their journey with Delek, the team, under the leadership of Ido Biger, recognized the importance of seamless integration between IT and operational technology (OT) and strived to not just rollout technology but also be the change champion for Digital transformation of their operations. The establishment of an IT & OT Security Operations Centre (SOC) and a Centre of Excellence for emergency remote monitoring and support for Refineries are testaments to their vision and commitment to cybersecurity and operational resilience.

The team, as an organization, is in the process of creating a Centre of Excellence for AI to leverage the use of AI within the organization and make an industry-wide contribution in this field. They are also diligent on establishing strategic partnerships with their vendors to identify and successfully execute AI-centric initiatives that will harness the power of AI as a technology.

Their vision for the foreseeable future is to adopt existing and upcoming AI-based tools and enrich existing technologies with embedded AI and Data Layer, which will effectively leverage AI to its full potential. They will continue to evaluate and adopt AI-based tools such as Gen-AI, LLM, Spatial Analysis, Computer Vision etc. to make Delek a pioneer in the Oil and Gas industry, as part of their short-term and long-term roadmaps for using these AI-based tools.

Ido Biger
has been included in:

No. 10 100 Brands 2024 (USA)